District profile / Oklahoma

Union Public Schools

Tulsa, Oklahoma · Public school district · #8 of 124 Oklahoma districts by enrollment

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14,950

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$10,580

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 8% above the Oklahoma median

17.7

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Oklahoma median 16.3

Union Public Schools is a public school district based in Tulsa, Oklahoma, serving 14,950 students in 17 schools. By enrollment it ranks #8 of the 124 Oklahoma districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 94% of them. Its schools average 879 students each, more than the Oklahoma median of 428. It spends about $10,580 per student on day-to-day operations, 8% more than the Oklahoma median. It has roughly 17.7 students per teacher.

How Union Public Schools compares

Union Public SchoolsOklahoma median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$10,580

Oklahoma median $9,827 · 8% above · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$5,546

Oklahoma median $5,709 · about the same · FY2020-21

Students per school879

Oklahoma median 428 · 105% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher17.7

Oklahoma median 16.3 · 9% above · 2024-25

Students per counselor356

Oklahoma median 356 · about the same · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$202.7 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 14%State 37%Local 49%

Measure	Union Public Schools	Oklahoma median	Year
Current spending per student	$10,580	$9,827	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$5,546	$5,709	FY2020-21
Total spending	$195.3 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$202.7 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	846	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	2,010	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	17.7	16.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	356	356	2024-25

Spending: NCES school district finance survey (F-33), FY2020-21. Staffing and enrollment: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25. Via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. The Oklahoma median compares districts with 1,000 or more students.

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Peer districts in Oklahoma

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District	Students	Schools	Spending per student	Students per teacher	Rank
Norman Public SchoolsNorman	16,048	25	$10,114	16.6	#7
Union Public SchoolsTulsa · this district	14,950	17	$10,580	17.7	#8
Lawton Public SchoolsLawton	13,642	23	$11,219	16.1	#9
Mustang Public SchoolsYukon	13,426	16	$8,677	17.6	#10
Jenks Public SchoolsJenks	12,527	8	$9,510	16.7	#11

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Randolph County School SystemAsheboro, NC	14,994	$9,697	15.5
Schertz-Cibolo-U City ISDSchertz, TX	14,947	$8,755	15.5
Natomas UnifiedSacramento, CA	14,923	$12,925	22.4
Magnolia ISDMagnolia, TX	14,916	$10,108	14.9

Peers are the districts closest in enrollment, so they can still differ in many other ways. Enrollment, school counts and phone numbers are from the NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25.

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